Talking-machine.



E. R. JOHNSON 6I J. C. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IuIY Io, Igos.

1,165,414. PateIIted Dec. 28, 1915.

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TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICAUON FILED luLY lo. 1909.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

WTNESSES 0l? ATTORNEY E. R. JOHNSON & J. C. ENGLISH.

TALKING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION HLED JULY lo. |909.

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EI'DRIDGE B'. JOHNSON, OF MERION, PENNSYLVANIA, AND JOHN C. ENGLISH, 0F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A

CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

TALKING-MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed July 10, 1909. Serial No. 506,866.

To all whom it may concern.' i

Be it known that we, ELDRIDGE R. JOHN- soN and JOHN C. ENGLISH, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Merion, county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, and Camden, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, respectively, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete dlsclosure, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The main objects of this invention are, to provide an improved compact talking machine including a cabinet, and sound reproducing means and sound amplifying means inclosed thereby; to rovide an 1mproved talking machine having a cab1net, a record support and actuating mechanism 1n the cabinet, and an amplifier secured to the outside of the cabinet and projecting within the cabinet over the record support; to provide a talking machine havmg a cabinet comprising a base and a cover therefor, a record support, actuating mechanism and sound reproducing base, and amplifying means carrled by the cover; to provide a talking machine including a cabinet having a movable cover and a door or movable closure carried by the cover; and to provide other improvements as will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a fra entary side elevation, partly in vertical ongitudinal section of an inclosed talking machine constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the parts in operative position; Fig. 2 a similar frag-` mentary side elevation partly in longitudinal vertical section, but showing the parts in an inoperative position; Fig. 3 a front elevation of the same, showing the cabinet closed; and Fig. 4 a rear elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawings, one embodiment of this invention comprises a casing or cabinet having a body portion 1 open at its upper end, and provided with a cover 2 superimposed thereon and hinged thereto as at 3 forming a closure for the upper end of the body portion 1. The cover comprises means carried by the a top 4 having a downwardl Haring rim 5 forming the sides thereof. he body of the cabinet is divided by a horizontal artition 6 into an upper compartment 7 an a lower compartment 8. This partition is provided with a rectangular aperture 9 in which rests a motor casing 10 containing any suitable actuating mechanism (not shown) for actuating a disk record support 12, which is mounted on the top 11 of the motor casing 8 and within the upper com artment 7 of the cabinet, and which is a apted to hold any suitable disk sound record 13.

Arranged above the record support 12 and in position to 'coperate therewith, is the usual sound box l5, which is mounted in a well-known manner upon one end of a U- shaped tube 16 the other end of which is pivotally supported by the free smaller end of a tapering tubular sound box arm or tone-arm 17, which extends rearwardly from the U-shaped tube 16 in a substantially horizontal plane throughout the greater portion of the length of the arm. The larger end of the tone-arm is curved upwardly through an arc of about 90degrees and fits rotatively within a cylindrical aperture 19 provided therefor in the upper end 2() of a vertical fixed bracket 21 which projects rearwardly from the outer vertical surface of the rear wall of the body of the cabinet and extends above and below the plane of the upper edge of the body of the cabinet. Below its upper end 20 the fixed bracket 21 is substantially semi-cylindrical in shape throughout the greater portion of its length and terminates 1n a rounded lower end 22. The bracket is arranged so that lthe convex surface of the semi-cylindrical portion projects outwardly from the plane of the outer vertical surface of the rear wall of the body of the cabinet, and the bracket is bordered by a substantially flat U-shaped flange 23 integral therewith which is secured to the rear vertical surface of the rear wall of the body of the cabinet by means of screws 24 or other suitable fastening devices. The ends of this flange terminate iush with the upper ed e of the back wall of the body portion of ta cabinet and are beveled to permit of the opening of the cover. The inner surface of the bracket is concave or suitably recessed to receive the larger end of the sound box arm and to permit of the necessary movement thereof, and the back of the cabinet is also suitably recessed for the same purpose. The lower edge of the rear side of the cover is recessed as at 24 to fit snugly around the sides of that portion of the bracket that projects above the plane of the body of the cabinet to permit of the movement of the cover and this recess is extended upwardly to form a recess for an elbow, as will be described hereinafter.

For rotatably holding the sound box arm 17 in position, a vertical pivot 25 is rotatably secured at its upper end centrally in a spider 26, which fits snugly within the cylindrical opening 19 of the bracket 21, and the lower end of the pivot is rotatably seated in a suitable socket 28 in a lug 29 integral with the lower end of the bracket which projects inwardly and terminates in a recess 29 provided therefor in the rear side of the body of the cabinet. A spiral spring 30 is interposed between the lower end of the pivot and the lower end of the socket to provide a yielding support for the pivot. The pivot passes through a lug or sleeve 31 projecting downwardly from the sound box arm and integral therewith, and the sound box arm is held in a fixed position in respect to the pivot by meansof a set screw 32 which is threaded in the lug 31 and engages against the pivot. The sound box arm is thus mounted to swing in a fixed horizontal plane about a fixed vertical axis.

The tapering tubular sound box arm 17 may be considered as forming the neck or smaller end of a sectional sound amplifier, the body or major portion 35 of which is movable with respect to the neck. This body 35 is preferably rectangular` and oblong in transverse section and comparatively fiat, comprising two substantially flat sounding boards 36 and 37, forming the top and bottom respectively of the body, and two substantially flat vertically arranged boards 38 and 39 forming the sides of the body. The top and bottom sounding boards diver e slightl forwardly and the side boards of t e ampli er also diverge forwardly b1 t to a greater degree than the top and bottom. These sounding boards are free at all times from contact with any part of the cabinet. The inner ends of these four boards of the body of the amplifier are snugly fitted within a transversely rectangular oblong socket 45 formed by the larger inner end of a hollowrigid longitudinally tapering curved elbow 46. The rear or smaller portion of the elbow 46 extends through a yrecess 47 provided therefor in the lower edge of the rear end of the cover 2 of the cabinet, and curves downwardly preferably through an arc of about 90 degrees and terminating in a cylindrically concave end 48'"substantially circular in transverse section, which has projecting inward] therefrom a shield 49, the lower surface o which forms a continuation of the cylindrical concave end of the elbow.

The portion of the elbow which projects downwardly through the back of the cover is inclosed above and upon its o posite sides by a flange 50, integral therew1th upon the outside o the rear face of the back of the cover and inclined to conform to the general contour of the outside of the cover. This flange has downwardly projecting end portions or arms 51 which embrace the sides of that part of the coperating bracket 21 which projects above the body of the cabinet, the inner edges 51 of these arms conforming to the shape of the sides of the bracket, and the lower ends of these arms being beveled to meet the joint between the cover and the body of the cabinet to permit of the opening of the cover. The flange 50 is rigidly secured to the outside of the rear end of the cover by means of screws 52 or other suitable fastening devices, a suitable strip or strips 53 being interposed between the flange and the adjacent surface of the cover Wherever necessary to form a'suitable seat for the flange.

The axis of curvature of the concave end of the elbow 46 and the convex end of the bracket 21 is co-incident with the axis of movement of the cover, so that when the cover is moved about its hinges the concave surface of the elbow will slide over the convex surface of the bracket, the elbow remaining in communication with the sound box arm 17. The shield 49 upon the elbow 46 acts as a closure for the inner portion of the cylindrical opening 19 leading to the sound box arm, when the body of the amplifier is in its elevated position, and the upper end of the bracket 21 is provided with a rearward extension 55 to act as a closure for the rear portion of the lower end of the elbow when the elbow is thus elevated. By this construction the body 35 of the amplifier is rigidly supported entirely at its smaller end and from the outside of the cover by the curved elbow 46 which is rigid with the cover, and the bod of the amplifier thus moves in unison with the cover. The delivery end of the amplifier terminates in close proximity to the front side of the cover, conforming in shape to the inner surface of the front side of the cover, and leaving an annular opening of substantially uniform width between the end of the amplifier and the inner surface of the cover, and is spaced above the plane of the lower edges 61 of the cover.

To permit sound waves to issue from the amplifier through the cover, the front side of the cover is rovided with a substantially rectangular ob ong opening 62 of substantially the same dimensions as the outside dimensions of the delivery end of the amplifier, and this opening 62 is provided with a movable door or closure 63, the upper edge ofv which is connected by hinges 64 to the top of the cover. This door when closed entirely fills the opening 62 in the cover and prevents sounds from issuing directly therethrough. The door 63 is provided upon the lower portion of its front side with a knob 65 for operating the door. The cover 2 `is also provided with a knob 66 upon the lower portion of its front side below the door 63 whereby the cover may be raised or lowered.

For supporting the cover 2 in any desired position about its hinges a bar 70 is pivoted at one end upon a plate 71 secured to theA inner surface of one side of the cover, and is provided adjacent its opposite end and upon its under edge with notches adapted to receive a pin or crossbar 73 which extends across an aperture 74 in a plate 75 attached to the upper side of the horizontal partition 6, the partition being provided with an aperture registering with the aperture in the plate to permit the bar 70 to pass therethrough.

The space within the cabinet surrounding the amplilier is always in communication with the interior of the amplier through the opening between the deliver;r end of the amplifier and the cover, and when the cover or the door 63 in the cover is open the sounds set up in the space surrounding the amplifier may pass outwardly from the cabinet mingling with the sounds issuing from the interior of the amplifier.

The inner surfaces of the top and sides of the cover form a downwardly Haring relector which may be inclined to direct the sound waves set up in the air within the cabinet surrounding the body of the ampliier forwardly from the cabinet.

When it is desired to operate the machine, the cover is first raised, carrying the body portion of the amplifier therewith, and is held in suitable position by means of the notch bar 70. A record is then placed upon the record support, whereupon the sound box is swung into engagement with the record and the actuating mechanism is then released. The cover may then be closed bringing the body of the amplifier into a substantially horizontal position, and the door in front of the delivery end of the amplifier may` be opened to permit the sound to pass through the cabinet. The door may be left closed when it is desired to muilie or soften the reproduction, or the door might be held g partially open by any suitable means if preferred, to modulate the reciprocation as desired. A further modulation of the reproduction might be made by operating the machine with the cover partiell opened and with the door of the cover eit er opened or closed. When not in operation; the machine is kept with the cover of the cabinet and the door carried by the cover both closed, and with the sound box inverted upon its arm and swung to one side of the body of the am liiier.

lthough only one form of this invention is here illustrated, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to the particular form shown, as many changes might be made in theconstruction without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention` we claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a movable cover, of a record support mounted within said body independently of said cover, sound reproducing means supported by said bod independently of said cover and arrange to cooperate with said record support, sound amplifying means supported by said cover, and means extending outside of said cabinet and. comprising a hollow stationary member and a hollow movable member slidably engaging said stationary member for transmitting sound waves from said sound reproducing means to said amplifying means.

2. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a movable cover, of a record support mounted in said body, a bracket rigidly secured to the outside of said body, sound reproducing means rotatably mounted in said bracket and projecting in said cabinet to coperate with said record support, a hollow member rigidly secured to the outside of said cover, and communicating with said sound reproducing means, and sound amplifying means supported by said member within said cabinet.

3. The combination with a cabinet having a body and a movable cover, of sound amplifying means having a delivery end within said cover carried thereby but out of contact therewith.

4. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a cover pivoted thereto, of a bracket secured to said body and having a convex cylindrical end coaxial with the axis of movement of said cover, a hollow elbow secured to said cover and havin a cylindrical end coaxial with the cylindrical end of said bracket, sound reproducing means carried by said bracket and communicating with said elbow, and sound amplifying means carried by said elbow within said cabinet.

5. The combination with a cabinet having a body and a cover pivoted thereto, of a bracket secured to the outside of the rear side of said body and projecting upwardly from said body, a hollow elbow sec'ured to the outside of said cover and coperating with the upper end of said bracket, sound reproducing means supported by said bracket and extending within said cabinet and communicating with said elbow, and sound amplifying means supported within said cover by said elbow.

6. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body having a movable oo ver provided with a rim flaring toward sald body, of amplifying means having a delivery end within said cover and rigid therewith, but entirely spaced therefrom.

7. The combination with a caloinet comprising a body and a cover hinged thereto, of a bracket extending upon the outside of said body and provided with a ange integral therewith and rigidly secured to the outside of said body, a hollow elbow arranged above said bracket to coperate therewith and having a flange integral therewith secured to the outside of said cover, sound reproducing means supported by said bracket and extending within said cabinet, and sound amplifying means supported by said elbow and extending within said cover.

8. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body having a cover hinged thereto, of a bracket secured to said body and extending outside of said cabinet and provided with a cylindrical end coaxial with the axis of movement of said cover, a hollow elbow secured to said cover and extending outside of said cabinet and having a cylindrical end coaxial with said cylindrical end of said bracket, and cooperating therewith, sound reproducing means, and sound amplifying means extending within said cabinet and communicating therewith through said bracket and said elbow.

9. In a talking machine the combination with a fixed member, provided with a cylindrical upper end, the geometrical axis of said cylindrical end being substantially horizontal, and said upper end being provided with a vertical opening therein, a tubular sound box arm having an npwardlv turned end projecting rotatably within said opening, a spider Fitting snugly within said opening above said end of said arm. and a vertical pivot having its upper end mounted in said spider extending through said arm, supporting said arm, a hollow elbow having a downwardly turned cylindrical end coaxial with the end of said bracket and coperating therewith. and amplifying meanssupported by said elbow,

10. The combination with a tubular sound conveying member, of a hollow sound conveying member mounted to swing across the end of saidtubular member, a shield projecting laterally from one of said members, and a corresponding projection extending in the opposite direction upon the other of said members, said shield and said projection acting as closures for portions of said members as one member is moved with respect to the other.

11. The combination with a cabinet, comprising a body and a cover hinged to said ody and invertible with respect thereto, of a record support mounted in said body, a sound box arm extending outside of said cabinet and arranged to cooperate with said record support, and sound amplifyingmeans carried by said cover and arranged to cooperate with said sound box arm, said cover being movable independently of said sound box arm.

12. The combination with a cabinet, comprising a body portion and a, cover pivoted thereto, of sound reproducing means supported by said body independently of said cover, and a hollow elbow projecting outside of said cover in con'nnunication with said sound reproducing means, and sound amplifying means supported within said cover by said elbow.

13'. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a cover arranged to oscillate with respect to said body about a fixed axis, of a bracket extending outside of and secured to said body, a hollow elbow secured to said cover and cooperating with said bracket, sound reproducing means carried by said bracket and communicating with said elbow, and sound amplifying means carried by said elbow within said cabinet.

14. The combination with a cabinet, of a record support in said cabinet, sound reproducing means and sound amplifying means extending in said cabinet above said record support, and means of communication between said sound reproducing means and said sound amplifying means extending outside of said cabinet and comprising a fixed hollow member and a movable hollow member conununicating therewith arranged to swing with respect thereto about a fixed substantially horizontal axis.

l5. The combination with a` cabinet comprising a stationary body and an invertible cover hinged thereto. of a sound amplifier ha ving a delivery end carried by said cover, sound reproducing means within said body, and means of communication between said sound reproducing means and saiddelivery end. extending outside of said cabinet.

16. The combination with a cabinet comprising a stationary body and a movable cover, of a sound ampliier having a delivery end carried by said cover. sound reproducing means within said body and supported independently of said cover, and means of communication between said sound reproducing means and said delivery end, extending outside of said cabinet, said cover being mounted to oscillate through an angle of more" than ninety degrees.

17. A talkin0F machine comprisin wall and a hollow member pivoted coaxially with said cylindrical end wall and communicating therewith, sound amrlifying means carried by said movable mem er, and sound,l reproducing means carried by said fixed member.

18. A talking machine comprising a fixed member having a cylindrical end wall, a member pivoted coaxially with said cylindrical end wall and cooperating therewith, sound amplifying means carried by said movable member, and sound reproducing means carried by said fixed member and movable on a fixed axis transverse to the axis of said cylindrical end wall of said fixed member.

19. The combination with a cabinet having a body and a movable cover, of sound amplifyingr means having a delivery end within said cover and fixed with respect thereto but out of contact therewith, and a door carried by said cover opposite said delivery end.

20. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a cover movable with respect thereto, of hollow sound conveying means carried by said body portion,

and hollow sound con'veyiiig means carried by said cover and slidably engaging said first mentioned means and communicating therewith.

21. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a cover movable with respect thereto upon a fixed axis, of hollow sound conveying means carried by said body portion, and hollow sound conveying means carried by said cover and slidably engaging said first mentioned means and communicating therewith.

22. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a movable cover of sound reproducing means in saidcabinet, said cabinet being provided with a sound conduit extending outside of said cabinet and through said cover, and communicatin with said sound reproducin means, sai cover being mounted to oscillate through an angle of more than ninety degrees.

23. A talking machine, comprising a cabinet including a body portion, and a movable cover therefor, a hollow member fixed on said body ortion and having a cylindrical end wal and a hollow member carried by said cover, and movable co-axially with said cylindrical wall and communicating with said first mentioned hollow member, sound reproducing means carried by a holr low fixed mem er having a cylindrical end and communicating with said first mentioned hollow member, and sound amplifying means communicating with said second mentioned hollow member.

24. In a talking machine, the combination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a cover hinged thereto, of sound reproducing means supported by said body independently of said cover, and a hollow elbow secured to .and projecting outwardly from said cover in communication with said sound reproducing mearis, and sound am- Jlifyin means supported Within said cover y sai elbow and communicating therewith. v

2 5. In a talking machine, the combination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a movable cover, of sound reproducing means arranged within said cabinet, sound amplifying means cai-ried by and extending within said cover, and means of communication between said sound reproducing means and said sound amplifying means and comprising two hollow members, each projecting outside of said cabinet, one of said members being in slidable engagement with the other.

26. In a talking machine, the combination with a cabinet comprising a body and a hollow movable cover, of sound reproducing means in said cabinet and sound conveying means leading from said sound re Jroducing means outwardly from said ca inet and inwardly through an exterior wall of said cover, said sound conveying means including a stationary hollow member, and a hollow member secured to said cover and slidably engaging said stationary member and communicating therewith.

27. In mechanism of the class described, the combination with a talking machine, including a sound conveyor, of a relatively movable cover for said talking machine, and a sound amplifier attached at its smaller end to said cover, but otherwise out of contact therewith,'said amplifier being adapted to cooperate with said conveyer when said cover is closed, substantially as described.

28. The combination with a hollow sound conveying member, of a hollow sound conveying member mounted to swing across said iirst mentioned member, a shield projecting from one of said members, and a corresponding `projection arranged opposite .to said shield upon the other of said members, said shield and said projection acting as closures for portions of said members respectively, as one of said members is moved Iwith respect to the other one-of said memers.

29. The combination with a sound conveying member provided with an outlet, of a sound conveying member provided with an inlet and arranged to move with respect to said first mentioned member to cause said inlet to traverse said outlet, a shield projecting from one of said members, and a correspending projection arranged opposite to said shield upon the other of said members, said shield and said projection acting as closures for said outlet and said inlet respectively as one of said members is moved with respect to the other of said members.V

30. In a talking machine, the combination with a cabinet anda hollow sound conducting member mounted on said cabinet stationary with respect thereto having a cylindrical end wall, of a hollow sound conducting member movable with respect to said first mentioned member and communieating therewith and having a cylindrical end wall coperating with said first mentioned end wall, sound amplifying means carried by one of said members` and sound reproducing means carried by the other of said members.

3l. The combination with a cabinet comprising a body portion and a cover arranged to oscillate with respect thereto, of sound reproducing means supported by said body portion independently of said cover, and a holloiiT elbow projecting outside of said cover in communication with said sound reproducing means, and sound amplifying means supported within said cover by said elbow.

32. The combination with a cabinet having a body and a cover arranged to oscillate with respect thereto about a fixed axis, of sound amplifyino means having a delivery end projecting Freely within said cabinet and movable coaxially with said cover, and a door carried by said cover opposite said delivery end.

33. The combination with a cabinet, comprising a body portion and a cover movable with respect thereto about a fixed axis, of hollow sound conveying means carried by said body portion independently of said cover, and hollow sound conveying means communicating with and slidably engaging said first mentioned means and movable coaxially with said cover.

Signed by the said Examiner. R. JoilNsoN at Camden, State of New Jersey, this 9th day of July, 1909.

ELDRIDGE R. JOHNSON.

of July, 1909.

JOHN C. ENGLISH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD KARCHER MACEWAN, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER Mom-t.

Corrections n Letters Patent No. 1,165,414.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,165,414, granted December 28,

, 1915, upon, the application of Eldridge R. Johnson, of Merion, Pennsylvania,

"and John C. English, of Camden, New Jersey, for an improvement in Talking- Muchines, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction es follows: Page 3, line 63, for the word reciprocation read reproduction; page 5, line 123, claim 28, strike outvthe Word one; and that the said Letters Patent .should be read with these corrections therein that ythe same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofce.

Signed and sealed this 29th day of February, A. D., 1916.

R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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